That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 28, 2018

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    BE THIS GUY  over 5 years ago

    Arthur Marx, the early years.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago

    His parents didn’t want to pay for more than one harp so they just bought the one and hoped he would grow into it.

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    Papared25  over 5 years ago

    Despite hanging by his arms for hours on end Hubert still couldn’t play any movements with notes in the bass clef.

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    Strob Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I guess it was that or the tuba, and you don’t have to march with this.

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    Bilan  over 5 years ago

    As if I wasn’t getting beaten up enough at school, …

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    danketaz Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Got to be an easier way to slice eggs.

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    orinoco womble  over 5 years ago

    Grandma was right when she said, “Harry if you don’t stop harping on things you’re gonna turn into one!”

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    Kind&Kinder  over 5 years ago

    They were just stringing him along, getting him ready for a pro career as an early telephone switchboard operator!

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    Knightman Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I’ll remember this when its time to put you in a home, Ma!!!

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    pcolli  over 5 years ago

    That’s one way to keep him pinned to the chair.

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    Egrayjames  over 5 years ago

    You said, " If AC-DC can rock bag pipes, I can play rock n’ roll on the harp"…..You’re so full of it mother!

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    well-i-never  over 5 years ago

    “Little help!”

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 5 years ago

    In a gadda da vida, baby, In a gadda da vida, honey, Don’t you know that I’m lovin’ you…. ad infinitum nonsense… oh yeah….

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    Helen Ferrieux  over 5 years ago

    I Took my harp to the party but nobody asked me to play

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    J Short  over 5 years ago

    Reggae just didn’t sound the same on a harp.

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 5 years ago

    He’s got blisters on his finger.

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    prrdh  over 5 years ago

    I thought they called it ‘middle C’ because of the finger you play it with.

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    PO' DAWG  over 5 years ago

    “Ma, I meant I wanted to play a blues harp.” “I’ve been so broken hearted……”

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    Plods with ...™  over 5 years ago

    Took me a bit. snerks

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 5 years ago

    “I’m just gonna take a second to tune up. Well, maybe a few seconds.”

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    Andrew Capp  over 5 years ago

    Wee Jimmy Malone had always been highly strung.

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    lagoulou  over 5 years ago

    He looks kinda strung out, doncha think?

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Boy with a Harp

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Frederick_Harris_-_Boy_with_a_Harp.jpg 

    (best viewed by Google Chrome which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly B1 paper size painting.

     

    http://www.hardav.co.uk/HtmlPedigree/pedigree1.htm#1.INDI277.55 

    https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/explore/people/31964-george-frederick-harris.html 

    both have sparse info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here (2 times, with this repeat as a Classic). 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2015/10/07?comments=visible 

    has the prior, which while my comments are still there, with the line breaks removed, its 11 hyperlinks remain inactive. ?&@#!#%&!

     

    Again, a slightly larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2015) (December 27, 2018) blog entry (was MASTERPIECE #1315 posted October 6, 2015), accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    epaphus8  over 5 years ago

    Somebody is overcompensating for a … shortcoming.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 5 years ago

    “Dammit – I hate this plucking thing !”

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 5 years ago

    pacenini , shows hot to hold the harp, although he as of now can’t play it.

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    gcarlson  over 5 years ago

    In his “Young Lutheran’s Guide to the Orchestra,” Garrison Keillor identified the harp as the most Lutheran instrument both for its association with angels and the difficulty to play and move around.

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    Chris Sherlock  over 5 years ago

    He always wanted to play jazz harp but, alas, you can’t always get what you want.

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    Impkins  Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Yeah, My feet are on your new hat box! What of it?? :>)

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 5 years ago

    “When Paddy McGinty plays the harp

    you’ve got to get up and dance …

    It’s wonderful Irish music that is neither flat nor sharp

    When Paddy McGinty plays the harp"

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    Magic Brain  over 5 years ago

    Harpo Marx – The Early Years.

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    CougarAllen  over 5 years ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GArbUV_yv2k

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    Funny_Ha_Ha  over 5 years ago

    I hate to harp on this, but …

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    bobpeters61  over 5 years ago

    If only there was some outlet where I could express my outrage to my like-minded peers. Excuse me. I wanna try something.

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